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Question posted by brig on July 6th, 2011

Format Hard Drive

i've been trying to format my hard drive, but every time i try to format it it says i have volumes that are occupied,how do i erase these volumes so that i can format my hard drive?

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on July 7th, 2011 11:00 AM

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How many hard disks are there? You cannot format the disk that the C: drive is one while Windows is running.

Perhaps the disk is partitioned? Go to the Windows disj=k manager by clicking Start->Run and enter diskmgmt.msc then click enter.

You can manage the disk(s) from there but be warned that if you goof up the C: drive Windows will be gone.

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Owner's Manual - Page 13

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Owner's Manual - Page 15

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Owner's Manual - Page 24

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Owner's Manual - Page 30

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Owner's Manual - Page 40

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Owner's Manual - Page 41

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Owner's Manual - Page 43

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Owner's Manual - Page 48

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Owner's Manual - Page 52

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Owner's Manual - Page 64

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Owner's Manual - Page 65

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Owner's Manual - Page 72

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